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Political Theory and Issues Page

Suppressed or difficult to find articles, books, discussions,
etc., on various political topics, issues and questions.

This section on BANNEDTHOUGHT.NET
contains materials on various political topics which are not specifically related to some
particular country, but which have nevertheless been suppressed, or are at least very difficult
to find.

Among the many topics we hope to provide information on are:
historical materialism, revolutionary strategy, revisionism and opportunism, the national
question, the mass line and methods of work among the masses, and the various differences and
disagreements which arise from time to time within revolutionary and mass movements.

Introduction to Marxism-Leninism-Maoism:

[Book:]From Marx to Mao
Tse-tung: A Study in Revolutionary Dialectics, by George Thomson, (London: China
Policy Study Group, 1971), in searchable PDF format, 96 double pages, 9,790 KB. Though written
over 40 years ago, this is still a fine introduction to revolutionary Marxism. It includes a
great many quotations from Marx, Lenin, Mao and others, all arranged in a way to illustrate
the overall coherence and unity of MLM theory.

[Book:]Capitalism
and After: The Rise and Fall of Commodity Production, by George Thomson, (London:
China Policy Study Group, 1973), in PDF format, 162 pages, 11,007 KB. A continuation of
the above volume, focusing here on the political economy of capitalism and socialism. Like
the first volume, it includes many quotations from Marx, Lenin, Mao and others, all arranged
in a way to illustrate the overall coherence and unity of MLM theory.

[Book:]The
Human Essence: The Sources of Science and Art, by George Thomson, (London:
China Policy Study Group, 1974), in PDF format, 132 pages, 8,694 KB. The third and final
volume of Thomson’s introduction to Marxism, which together “cover the political, historical
and ideological aspects of the subject.” This volume, however, is based to a somewhat greater
degree on Thomson’s own thinking and work.

[Book:]Letters on Tactics: A Collection
of Articles and Letters, by V. I. Lenin, (Moscow: Progress, 1970), 104 pages. [Note that
Lenin used the word ‘tactics’ to include both of what we now call strategy and tactics. Also,
the volume scanned has a small amount of underlining in it; our apologies!] [PDF format: 6,782 KB]

“Long Live Marxism-Leninism-Maoism: TKP/ML on Some Important Issues”, by the Communist Party
of Turkey/Marxist-Leninist. This pamphlet from the summer of 1998 is comprised of the following
three articles which discuss Maoist People’s War and contrast it to the counter-revolutionary
strategy of ‘Low Intensity Warfare’ which the enemy uses to try to suppress People’s War.

“Mao Zedong’s Theory of People’s War is the Military Strategy of the Proletariat and
Oppressed Peoples of Semi-Colonies”, by the TKP/ML, Summer 1998, 13 pages.
PDF
Version (1,127 KB)

“‘Low Intensity War’ is the strategy of counter-guerrilla and People’s War is the strategy
of the proletariat”, by the TKP/ML, Summer 1998, 13 pages. This article is taken from
the pamphlet “Long Live Marxism-Leninism-Maoism: TKP/ML on Some Important Issues” (Summer
1998) which also includes the above two articles.
PDF Version
(989 KB)

War and Peace:

[Book:]
Lenin on War and Peace, 2nd ed., (Peking: October 1960), excerpts and quotations,
84 pages. Issued as part of the great line struggle between Soviet revisionism and Maoist China.
[PDF format: 19,213 KB]